To Advertise E-mail [email protected] or call 718-729-3772 by David Rosasco After yet another day of civic-minded service which drew in ever-increasing numbers of youth from Woodside and the surrounding communities was summed up by Darren Wang, 8 th grade student at PS 119 in Glendale, stating “Once I realized we were at 50 th Avenue and 63 Street, and after having moved through the entire community, I learned that the size of this project is larger than anywhere I’ve seen.” Darren, like all the other youth, has been part of a mission which is only bounded by the Woodside zip code. From Thursday, June 4 through Sunday, June 7, teams of youth which included students from elementary school up to college, as well as missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. VOL. 82, NO. 26 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 FREE SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY (continued on page 8) (continued on page 5) Story & Photos by Patricia Dorfman If you have devout Muslim friends, or been a customer at a store this week with Muslim staff, you know that fasting has begun because many look a bit parched and peckish and you may have to repeat yourself, as many here join those all over the world celebrate by fasting during the day during the month- long holiday of Ramadan, this year June 17 through July 17. The most visible symbol locally to launch the tradition was the three days of free supper and entertainment under the 46 th Bliss #7 stop hosted by the local Hizmet (service), AKA the Turkish Cultural Center of Queens. The event was their most popular in attendance, with many hundreds per night, in 11 years. (continued on page 3) BUDGET AGREEMENT MADE Balancing the City’s finances with smart investments that will prioritize public safety, protect vulnerable New Yorkers and bolster job creation, the FY 2016 budget includes funding to hire 1,297 more NYPD officers to the beat and provide free breakfast and lunch to tens of thou- sands of students. Sunnyside Shines and Re-Create Queens kicked off their Third Thursdays in Bliss Plaza performance series on Thursday, June 18 with a lively performance from the Street Beat Brass Band. This new monthly series offers free performances in Bliss Plaza, Sunnyside’s newest public space at Queens Boulevard and 46th Street. Performances take place on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30pm through October and feature Queens-based performers. For more information please visit sunnysideshines.org/third-thursdays-bliss-plaza Photo Credit: Kamila Harris
After yet another day of civic-minded service whichdrew in ever-increasing numbers of youth from Woodsideand the surrounding communities was summed up by DarrenWang, 8th grade student at PS 119 in Glendale, stating “OnceI realized we were at 50th Avenue and 63 Street, and afterhaving moved through the entire community, I learned thatthe size of this project is larger than anywhere I’ve seen.”
Darren, like all the other youth, has been part of amission which is only bounded by the Woodside zip code.From Thursday, June 4 through Sunday, June 7, teams ofyouth which included students from elementary school upto college, as well as missionaries from the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints.
If you have devout Muslim friends, or been a customer ata store this week with Muslim staff, you know that fasting hasbegun because many look a bit parched and peckish and youmay have to repeat yourself, as many here join those all overthe world celebrate by fasting during the day during the month-long holiday of Ramadan, this year June 17 through July 17.
The most visible symbol locally to launch the traditionwas the three days of free supper and entertainment underthe 46th Bliss #7 stop hosted by the local Hizmet (service),AKA the Turkish Cultural Center of Queens. The event wastheir most popular in attendance, with many hundreds pernight, in 11 years.(continued on page 3)
BUDGETAGREEMENT MADE
Balancing the City’s finances with smart investmentsthat will prioritize public safety, protect vulnerable NewYorkers and bolster job creation, the FY 2016 budgetincludes funding to hire 1,297 more NYPD officers to thebeat and provide free breakfast and lunch to tens of thou-sands of students.
Sunnyside Shines and Re-Create Queens kicked off their Third Thursdays in BlissPlaza performance series on Thursday, June 18 with a lively performance from theStreet Beat Brass Band. This new monthly series offers free performances in BlissPlaza, Sunnyside’s newest public space at Queens Boulevard and 46th Street.Performances take place on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30pm throughOctober and feature Queens-based performers. For more information please visitsunnysideshines.org/third-thursdays-bliss-plaza
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Physical education (PE) hasfaded out of many city schools overthe past few years, despite state-mandated requirements. New YorkCity schools are required to provide120 minutes per week of PE instruc-tion, yet studies show schools with alack of gym space, licensed PE teach-ers and more. This is why City Coun-cil Member Elizabeth Crowley inconjunction with City Council co-prime sponsors and the Phys Ed forAll Coalition drafted a bill (Pro-posed Int. 0644) which would re-quire the Department of Education(DOE) to submit to the City CouncilSpeaker and post on the DOE websitea report regarding information onPE in each respective school.
Comprehensive, quality PE dur-ing the school day has shown toprevent childhood obesity, increasefocus and retention, improve sleep-ing patterns, enhance learning andinstill good habits for healthy livinginto adulthood. With that in mind,
PHYS ED REFORMCrowley joined government col-leagues and Coalition members tocall for physical education reformpreceding an oversight hearing onProposed Int. 0644-A.
“Lifestyle habits are developedat a young age. As a public schoolparent and lawmaker, I was disturbedto learn the DOE has been failing toprovide our students with the mini-mum physical education require-ments,” Crowley said. “The conse-quences are evident, as nearly 30percent of New York City studentsare entering high school either obeseor overweight.”
Establishing PE gives every stu-dent an opportunity to be physicallyactive, noted the Council Member.Studies show a lack of quality PE incertain schools contributes to dis-parities in obesity rates and poorhealth outcomes.
“We are in the middle of apublic health crisis, yet nobody isholding the city accountable,”
Crowley continued.A recent study done by Comp-
troller Scott Stringer showed holes inPE reporting – the DOE ineffectivelylogged minutes of PE in schools,which grades received instruction,where classes took place and more.
Proposed Int. 0644-A would fillthose holes and require a compre-hensive report detailing informationsuch as the number of designatedfull-time and part-time state certi-fied PE teachers, information on alldesignated outdoor and indoor fa-cilities used for PE, students’ demo-graphic information, the average fre-quency and amount of PE providedfor each grade level and more.
“From my experience I knowthat not every child receives physi-cal education even once a week,”said Council Member DanielDromm, Chair of the Council Edu-cation Committee. “This is a viola-tion of state education law and needsto change as soon as possible.”
Additionally, the FY 2016 Budget Agree-ments expands access to critical City ser-vices for veterans, seniors, immigrants andyouth, and establishes a Citywide bail fundto save New York City millions of dollars inincarceration costs.
The FY 2016 Budget Agreement is theculmination of a comprehensive review con-ducted by the City Council, including doz-ens of hearings and hundreds of hours ofpublic testimony, to assess the needs of allNew Yorkers and City agencies.
“This budget agreement represents amajor victory for our public libraries and thepeople of our great City who rely on themevery day,” said Majority Leader and Chairof the Committee on Libraries and CulturalAffairs Jimmy Van Bramer. “By investingnearly $40 million to implement six dayservice in every community library, we offerhope and opportunity while striking a blowagainst inequality. Libraries are a lifeline toso many but they must be open to performtheir life enhancing work. I thank the Mayor,Speaker Mark-Viverito, Finance ChairFerreras and all of my colleagues for makinglibraries a priority again in this City.”Specifically, the FY 2016 Budget
Agreement will:*Expand NYPD and Hire 1,297 NYPD Of-
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Budget Agreementficers to the Beat*Increase Funding for the City Council Un-accompanied Minors Initiative*Establish a Citywide Bail Fund and MakeNew York City More Just For All New Yorkers*Additionally, the City Council will increaseaccountability and oversight at Rikers Is-land by expanding the Prisoner Rights LawProject and providing an additional $780,000in funding to the Board of Correction.*Support New York City’s Veterans*Create Year Round Jobs for Youth and Ex-pand the Summer Youth Employment Program*Additionally, the Council will add 950summer youth jobs through the anti-gunviolence initiative.*Expand Senior Services and Support Ho-locaust Survivors Living In Poverty*Combat Human Trafficking*Eliminate Disparities in Health Care forImmigrant New Yorkers*Provide Free Breakfast and Lunch to Tensof Thousands of Students*Expand High School Athletics*Implement Universal 6 Day Library Service*Extend Beach Season and Support the ParksEquity Initiative*Provide Funding for Legal Services forNew Yorkers Facing Eviction*Increase Funding to Support the WorkerCooperative Business Development Initiative*Hire Additional School Crossing GuardsIncrease Special Education Assessment Teams
Guests from all persuasions,were welcomed and were fed largeplates of chicken, rice, soup, saladand baklava from 8pm till 9pm,which a Phipps resident pro-nounced “delicious,” and then gotto sit back and enjoy live quartetof authentic Sufi music and a“Sama” dancer. The Sufi Mevleviorder performers date from theOttoman Empire, founded in 1273
– what we refer to as “WhirlingDervishes.” The dancers are in atrancelike state and can spinaround hundreds of times keep-ing their balance. One delightedchild in the audience noted, “Henever falls.”
Muslim and non-Muslimsneighbors, who were in abun-dance, enjoyed a night of fun,fellowship and fare with vehicles
whizzing by on Queens Boule-vard. The multiple snowy whitetents set up under the train viaductwere a plus of living in Queenswhere we don’t have to work onbeing multicultural. VP OguzhanTuran of the group said, “We en-joyed this year and were veryhappy with the community re-sponse here who helped us cel-ebrate this very holy time for us.”
SUMMONS, NOTICE ANDBRIEF STATEMENT OFNATURE OF ACTIONCONSUMER CREDITTRANSACTION SUPREMECOURT OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK COUNTY OFQUEENS INDEX NO. 703743/2014 M&T BANK, Plaintiff, -against- EDMUND MCRAE, JR.;ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS,DEVISEES, AND PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OF THEDECEASED EDMUND MCRAEAND ANY OF HIS, HER ORANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORSIN RIGHT, TITLE ANDINTEREST; ET AL., Defendants.TO THE DEFENDANTS ALLUNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES,AND PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OF THEDECEASED EDMUND MCRAEAND ANY OF HIS, HER ORANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORSIN RIGHT, TITLE ANDINTEREST; Edmund McRae, Jr.as Heir to the Estate of EDMUNDMCRAE: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required toserve upon plaintiff’s attorneys ananswer to the complaint in thisaction within twenty (20) daysafter the service of this Summons,exclusive of the day of service, orwithin thirty (30) days after serviceis complete if the Summons is notpersonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York. The UnitedStates of America, if designatedas a defendant in this action, mayanswer or appear within sixty (60)days of service hereof. In case ofyour failure to answer, judgmentwill be taken against you for therelief demanded in the complaint.Trial is desired in the County ofQueens. The basis of venue
Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on APRI 01, 2015,bearing Index Number NC-000109-15/QU a copy of whichmay be examined at the Office ofthe Clerk, located at 89-17 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me (us) the right to: Assumethe name of (First) ANA (Middle)MARIA (Last) CANAS Mypresent name is (First) ANA(Middle) MARIA (Last) CANARUIZ AKA ANA MARIACANAS AKA ANA M CANASMy present address is 48-51 43RD
STREET, UNIT 1E, Woodside,NY 11377 My place of birth isCOLOMBIA My date of birth isJanuary 19, 1989
designated above is that the realproperty, which is the subjectmatter of this action, is located inthe County of Queens, New York.The foregoing Summons is servedupon you by publication pursuantto an order of Honorable Kevin J.Kerrigan, Justice of the SupremeCourt of the State of New York,signed on the 17th day of May,2015, in Jamaica, New York andto be duly entered in the QueensCounty Clerk’s Office, in Jamaica,New York. The Nature of thisaction pertains to a note andmortgage held by Plaintiff on realproperty owned by the abovenamed defendants as specified inthe complaint filed in this action.The above named defendants havefailed to comply with the termsand provisions of the saidmortgage and said instrumentssecured by said mortgage, byfailing and omitting to pay thebalance due and owing and thePlaintiff has commenced aforeclosure action. Plaintiff isseeking a judgment foreclosing itsmortgage against the real propertyand premises which situates in theFourth Ward of the Borough andCounty of Queens, City and Stateof New York and is commonlyknown as 235-33 148th Avenue,Rosedale, NY 11422 and all otherrelief as to the Court may seemjust and equitable. DATED: May12, 2015 SCHILLER & KNAPP,LLP BY: WILLIAM B.SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys forPlaintiff 950 New Loudon RoadLatham, New York 12110Telephone: (518) 786-9069 14-1538. 6/5/15, 6/12/15, 6/19/15, 6/26/15
File No.: 2013-3820/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENTNYC Human ResourcesAdministration,Edward Moschak,Verizon Benefits Center,Attorney General of the State ofNew YorkTo:The unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of JUDY SCHMANIA,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of JUDY SCHMANIA,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 144-61 38thAvenue, Flushing, NY 11354, inthe County of Queens, State ofNew York.SEND GREETING:Upon the petition of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofJUDY SCHMANIA, deceased,you and each of you are herebycited to show cause before theSurrogate at the Surrogate’s Courtof the County of Queens, to beheld at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6 th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the 16th
day of July, 2015 at 9:30 o’clockin the forenoon, why the Accountof Proceedings of the Public
Administrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $5,320.53and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe claim from NYC HumanResources Administration in theamount of $44,116.86 should notbe paid; and why the VerizonBenefits Center should not beordered to turn over the sum of$231,817.23 to the Estate of JudySchmania plus accrued interest andbenefits; and why each of youclaiming to be a distributee of thedecedent should not establishproof of your kinship; and whythe balance of said funds shouldnot be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,
or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship.Dated, Attested and Sealed 15th
day of May, 2015 HON. PETERJ. KELLY Surrogate, QueensCounty, Margaret M. GribbonClerk of the Surrogate’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park,New York 11374This citation is served upon youas required by law. You are notobliged to appear in person. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed that you do not objectto the relief requested unless youfile formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appearfor you.Accounting Citation 6/12/15, 6/19/15, 6/26/15, 7/3/15
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trucks. In March of this year, theNew York Times informed usthat 100 years ago, before themotor vehicle dominated in NewYork, more pedestrians werekilled by street cars and horse/wagon than were killed in 2014.
The other day, at Skillman/51 St, there were four 18-wheeltractor-trailers on Skillman, de-livering food to our vital su-
permarket, Fresh N Easy.Without trucks, how will weeat? At the same time, fourbikers went through the redlight, none of them with hel-mets. Bikers are the truescofflaws, a privileged class.
So, get rid of trucks. Makesupermarket deliveries on 18-wheel bikes! Let bikes feed us.Get real. The bike is a toy. The
idea of a bike has been aroundfor 5000 years. The idea of abike has not caught on because itis a bad idea. It gives little en-hancement. The bike is an ex-pensive toy, a very nice toy, butthe bike is still a toy.
Very truly yours,Al Volpe
Woodside
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Scouting is alive and well herein Sunnyside-Woodside and al-though the Scouting program yearis winding down in preparation forsummer camp our boys have beenbusy this spring. Following theclose of the winter with their entryin the Pathfinder District Wint-E-Ree, their annual Scout SundayMass at Saint Teresa RC Churchand spring season Court of Honor,the Troop turned their eyes to bothcompetition in camping and con-templation in service. To start offthe month of May Troop 390 wasoff to GNYC Camp Alpine to de-fend their first overall PathfinderDistrict Camp-O-Ree finish sincethe Troop re-started back in 2006(and their first since the 1990’s?).Over a year ago the Troop 390competed in the Pathfinder Emer-gency Preparedness Camp-O-Reein a rainy Camp Pouch in StatenIsland and under the direction ofRennie Santana and the strong lead-ership of Hongying Huang andKevin Flores the boys achieved
They moved rapidly to all ofWoodside’s borders, removing thefinal significant areas of graffiti,restoring more public fixtures,mulching more trees, cleaningmore streets, and, inevitably, draw-ing in more interest from residentsduring their far-flung operations.
It is becoming clear that some-thing special is occurring inWoodside that has all the attributesof sacrifice, teamwork, adheringstrictly to the plan, repeating tasksoften until perfect and repeatable byothers, regardless of weather, de-spite all the reasons to stay home orwait for others to do what they knowthey are fully capable of achieving.
Graffiti removal alonestretched from Northern Boulevardat 50 Street to Queens Boulevardat 51 Street, then further south to65th Place, approaching
the victory they had been workingover eight years to achieve (towhich they were both surprisedand ecstatic although they knewthey were working well). In theprocess, their understanding ofemergency procedures and pre-paredness was increased, utilizingknowledge and skills which theywill be able to use throughout therest of their lives to the benefit oftheir families and neighbors. ThatCamp-O-Ree was run by JorgeYengle, Fred Pagan and JamesMaxim along with their committeefor which the District Scouts werevery grateful.
This year (May 1st to 3rd), theDistrict’s Scouts had to focus moreon survival as they had to escapethe “Zombie Apocalypse” in thisyear’s Zombie Survival Camp-O-Ree (or Zombi-E-Ree as the boysreferred to it). This time, Troop390 was able to field both of theirpatrols again under the leadershipof Hongying Huang (the Dragons)and Kevin Flores (the MightyMinotaurs) and overseen by Se-nior Patrol Leader Arturo Romero.
The Dragons shined in a number ofshooting skill related events (plac-ing in BB Gun and Archery) andMorse Code reading but the MightyMinotaurs were able to help theTroop retain the overall Camp-O-Ree crown by placing in five of theseven patrol related events includ-ing a first place finish in the FirstAid event (something which theTroop has been very strong, inplacing first or second in most Dis-trict week-end competitions the lastseveral years). The competitionwas strong as the Minotaurs heldoff “The Best Patrol Here” fromTroop 106 (Middle Village) and“BDB” of Troop 427 (Glendale)which rounded out the top three.A special thanks goes out to Troop327 of Ridgewood, Tim Karchertheir Scoutmaster and his Assis-tant Scoutmasters and junior lead-ers who stepped up only a fewmonths ago and said they wouldtake the responsibility of runningthis year’s Camp-O-Ree even inthe midst of site, scheduling, andtime challenges. Kudos also goout to other leaders in the District
who assisted with planning, intel-ligence or helping run the events.It continues to show that whenScouts work together there is littlethey can’t accomplish.
The Troop along with its brotherPack 390 then turned their focus toservice and honoring those whohave gone before them. On May17th and 23rd in Calvary Two Cem-etery on the border of Woodsideand Maspeth, a number of the boysin the Troop and Pack carried on atradition which has been done forthe better part of four or five de-cades and decorated the grave sitesof US Military personnel. In aproject recently expanded by Troop390 and furthered by the Eagle Scoutproject of Rennie Santana, over 520graves were decorated thanks to agenerous donation of flags by theMayor’s Office of Veteran Affairsand local VFW Post # 2813 (JVDaniel’s Post of Sunnyside). Overthe Memorial Day weekend theScouts continued their honoring ofour fallen servicemen and womenby marching in the Forest HillsMemorial Day parade on Sunday
and by performing Color/HonorGuard duties at the JV Daniels VFWPost’s Remembrance Ceremonyhere in Woodside on Monday, May25th. Last week, our neighborhoodScouts were of course marchingproudly with the VFW in honor ofour nation’s colors, celebrating “OldGlory” at the Sunnyside KiwanisFlag Day Parade along with Pack90 of Astoria.
Meetings may be ending for thesummer but the fun will continuewith outdoor trips and summercamp at the Ten Mile River ScoutReservation and Cub World in Al-pine Scout Camp. The only ques-tion is … will you be joining in onthe fun? Troop and Pack 390 meetFriday nights at St. Teresa RCChurch at 44th Street and 50th Av-enue in Woodside, Queens fromSeptember through June but newmembers are accepted and eventsand outings run year round. Formore information on Boy Scoutingin Sunnyside-Woodside call Scout-master Eduardo Avila at (646) 436-5827 or Cubmaster Marvin Jeffcoatat (347) 841-4335.
Woodside’s southern border withMaspeth. This work made up onlya portion of the time, as on Satur-day, June 6, another 21 street treeswere mulched and compostedalong Woodside Avenue up to theeastern border with JacksonHeights at 72 Street.
Even more restoration workoccurred Saturday, June 20 withyouth cleaning Roosevelt Avenuebetween 61 and 73 Streets, fol-lowed by graffiti removal of ran-dom locations along the same areaof operations. Michael Maye, 8th
grade student at St. Sebastian anda winner of the John DowningScholarship for the 2015-2016school year stated his thoughts onthat and his work, adding “thethings I have been doing inWoodside helped me receive theaward because it’s real, it’s there,it’s everywhere.”
